Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The company originally launched domestic flights and gradually grew to become one of the largest airline companies connecting GREECE with the world. In July 1956, the Greek State signed a contract with Onassis, for the exclusive use of air transport in GREECE. On April 6, 1957 the company was ...

Organizers of recent pro-FYROM rallies in Australia could find themselves in court as a GREEK-Australian organization mulls legal action over flag burning and other anti-GREEK outbursts. Less than a week after anti-GREEK banners were hung from highway overpasses in Melbourne, piles of GREEK flags ...

“I think safety and security were a concern after [the Chattanooga game], but the excessive use of alcohol by GREEK organizations with the death in a [potential hazing-related incident], made us at LSU look at gameday behaviors in a very different way,” said LSU Dean of Students Mari Fuentes-Martin.

The GREEK property market showed the first signs of recovery in the last quarter of 2017, moving up the charts of countries surveyed by the Global Property Guide and Knight Frank. According to the Global Property Guide's annual price index, Greece now ranks 39th among 45 countries surveyed, while at ...

The original carvings were seen as representations of GREEK culture and Western civilization, and although the high school's version may be unfamiliar to many students, that does not lessen their historical significance. According to Mason, it was almost a matter of chance that the carvings were ever ...

Embedded within the LSU President F. King Alexander's Task Force on GREEK Life's recommendation is the decision to move GREEK Life gameday tailgates from the LSU Parade Ground to the chapter houses. The recommendation to move the tailgates is the latest and most successful of the past ...

BERLIN (AP) — Millions of Europeans who arrived late to work or school Wednesday had a good excuse — an unprecedented lag in the continent's electricity grid that's slowing down some clocks. The problem is caused by a political dispute between Serbia and Kosovo that's sapping a small amount of energy from the local grid, causing a domino effect across the 25-nation network spanning the continent from Portugal to Poland and Greece to Germany. "Since the European system is interconnected ... when there is an imbalance somewhere the frequency slightly drops," said Claire Camus, a spokeswoman for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

ATHENS, Greece — A Greek prosecutor has charged seven men with alleged membership in a violent neo-Nazi group linked to a series of arson attacks on far-left and migrant-related targets. All seven Greeks were formally accused Wednesday of membership in a ...

On Wednesday, 11 suspects were arrested during police operations to dismantle the extreme-right militant group ‘C18’ and were led before a public prosecutor. The prosecutor pressed criminal and other charges against them for a series of offenses ...

NEW YORK – The Consulate General of Greece in New York on March 5 presented the opening of Synchrony of Analogous Comparisons, an art exhibition featuring […] The post Mahy Polymeropoulos Exhibition Opens at Consulate General of Greece in New York (Vid) appeared first on The National Herald.

NEW YORK – A private wine pairing and gourmet dining experience featuring Dougos Winery was held at Loi Estiatorio in Manhattan on March 6. The event […] The post Greek Wine and Food Pairings Event at Loi in New York appeared first on The National Herald.

Diana Voutyrakou has represented Greece at the World Robotic Olympiad several times, and she is one of the few women attending the School of Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University in Athens. Despite this impressive track record, she ...

After Montreal's GREEK Orthodox Koimisis Tis Theotokou Church in Park-Extension burned down in 2015 it has since been rebuilt — but is once again at risk. The church, which is fondly known throughout the Montreal GREEK community as 'Panagitsa', burst into flames in 2015 and was completely ...

"We took the logic of the GREEK system and made it fit for the digital age," Federico Ast, CEO of Kleros told Sputnik, "we have a lot to learn from the Ancient GREEKS." Kleros is the brainchild of Federico Ast and Clement Lesaege and aims to solve disputes online using an automated system to arbitrate ...

Their food truck is a familiar sight around the region and now GREEK Delights has graduated from a small cafe inside Downtown's Walker Furniture store and moved to the northwest, operating its own counter service restaurant at the Imperial Plaza retail center. Located inside a prominent, ...

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DPD Romania launches fast delivery service to Bulgaria, Hungary, GREECE. DPD Romania launches ... Through 'DPD Express Regional', envelopes and door to door parcels can be delivered anywhere in Bulgaria, Hungary and GREECE, the company said in a press release. "The increasing number of ...

It was well below freezing when I visited the British Museum last week, to see its latest exhibition, Charmed Lives in GREECE. The “Beast from the East” may now have disappeared, but I guarantee that this escapist show will still make you itch to book a holiday beside the Aegean Sea, because the ...

An active member of the GREEK-Australian community, she co-founded Commonwealth Businesswomen (CBW), the only accredited organization on women's empowerment recognized by 53 governments, and served as a main representative to the United Nations in New York and Geneva.

An expert Austrian conservator, Anton Fackelmann gradually unpeeled what turned out to be 192 pages of a tiny book measuring 1.4 by 1.8 inches, written in GREEK and dating from the fifth century CE. By evening the following day, Henrichs had transcribed the text. It was a sensation for the history of ...

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Wednesday sentenced eight Germans to between four and ten years in prison for forming a far-right terrorist organization, […] The post German Far-Rights who Killed a Greek & 9 Others, Sentenced to Long Prison Terms appeared first on The National Herald.

What is largely missing in GREECE, in contrast to other bailed out European countries like Ireland and Spain, is a frank discussion on its own contribution to its economic predicament, former Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) president Thomas Weiser told Skai TV in an interview aired on Tuesday night.

Almost five months after LSU President F. King Alexander announced his formation of his Task Force on GREEK Life, he announced he approved all 28 recommendations, while also enacting three additional policies. The policies, formed in response to the hazing death of Maxwell Gruver, have drawn ...

Convenient Greek eatery The Gyro Shack has expanded to Vancouver, WA with a location in the Hazel Dell Marketplace at 7902 NE 6th Ave., Suite 106. The restaurant opened on Monday, March 5, with a gyro-eating contest with the first prize including a free ...

The chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, received US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt in his Athens office on Wednesday. Their meeting focused on developments in the broader region, as well as on the continued detention of two Greek soldiers by ...

Athens, March 7, IRNA – Iran plays a major role in the fight against terrorism and the country is working towards peace and unity both in the region and the world, a Greek university professor said in an interview.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday renewed a threat against the government of Cyprus' efforts to search for offshore gas around the ethnically divided island. Turkey opposes what it says are Greek Cypriots' "unilateral" efforts to search for gas, saying they infringe on the rights of breakaway Turkish Cypriots to the island's resources. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said during a joint news conference with Tufan Erhurman, the prime minister of the self-declared Turkish Cypriot state, that "provocative activities will be met with the appropriate response.

The arrival of three U.S. navy ships including the USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship in waters off Cyprus has prompted observers to suggest their presence could be linked to ExxonMobil's drilling for gas in the area, the GreekReporter news website said . “Although the exercise was planned months ...

ATHENS, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Greece raised 1.3 billion euros (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) in an auction of treasury bills on Wednesday, the Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) said. The three-month treasury bills were sold at an interest rate of 1.05 ...

In January, six ministers of agriculture or environment from France, Belgium, GREECE, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Malta wrote to EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis and reiterated their “concerns” about the risks of the use of glyphosate. The ministers also highlighted the need for an alternative ...

About 2,300 migrants have left GREECE to return to their homeland since the beginning of 2018, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This is at a lower rate as compared to 2017. In total, 20,255 returned to their home countries over the course of the year, according to the IOM.

Chef Dieter Quinn gently bumps his black Triumph Speed Triple motorcycle over the curb and onto the sidewalk, deftly wheeling it to an out-of-the-way parking spot. Removing his black helmet and leathers, the lanky Australian walks through the Atlanta ...

Three Spanish firefighters who volunteered to help rescue refugees and migrants reach Greek islands have asked the European Parliament to back them as they face […] The post Spanish Firefighters Face Human Smuggling Charges for Lesbos Rescues appeared first on The National Herald.

SEATTLE, WA – The Seattle Jewish Film Festival: “Trezoros” Sephardic Spotlight takes place on Sunday, March 11, 1- 3 pm at AMC Pacific Place 11, 600 […] The post Film about Greek Jews of Kastoria at Seattle Jewish Film Festival appeared first on The National Herald.

NEW YORK – The well-known Greek actor Stratos Tzortzoglou who completed his masterclasses in L.A. with Ivanna Chubbuck and Aaron Speiser and a professional observer at the […] The post Acting Classes by Stratos Tzortzoglou and Con Horgan appeared first on The National Herald.

The resort consists of an exclusive collection of 16 villas – most with private pools – overlooking Komitsa Bay, and promising (as far as the website is concerned) to offer the “ultimate” GREEK holiday experience. For the 'hoi polloi', a room at the resort might cost about $600, but for someone wanting to ...